Group puts up fence, claims ownership over 1,400 acres of southwest CO forest, sparking outrage

[Pivo]

Meanwhile in Colorado.
Fencing was erected earlier this week by members of the so-called Free Land Holders.
Patrick Leroy Pipkin, a survivor of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, leads the group. Warren Jeffs, the President of FLDS who is currently serving life in prison for sexually assaulting minors, used to own a 60-acre parcel of land north of Mancos. That plot changed ownership, and Pipkin has co-owned it since 2020.

https://www.ksut.org/news/2024-10-10/a- ... -land-grab

[Alston_Neal]

@chumley
Probably just shy of being sovereign citizens.

[Jim]

I didn't know tax paying was something you had to *believe in*. This will make April interesting.

[chumley]

@Jim_H
Oh there’s a whole bunch of people who think it’s optional. Or unconstitutional for the feds to collect taxes at all. And many people get away with it for years. There are a couple people on haz that might tell you how they do it

[Pivo]

Free Land Holders submit 50-page response to lawsuit, the 50 pages were turned in on 8-by-16-inch paper and almost entirely handwritten.

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/ ... icleButton

[Sredfield]

@ShatteredArm
Adverse possession does not work against government entities.

[chumley]

@Sredfield You're making the mistake of looking at this through the prism of a society that respects law and order and gives authority to the government. Their argument is based on none of that being true.

[Sredfield]

@chumley
Touché

[Pivo]

Free Land Holders have private meeting in Denver court, they offered silver to the judge, a nod to the Articles of Confederation. I wonder if it was 30 pieces of silver?

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/ ... icleButton

[RedRoxx44]

I'll bet that judge is wondering why all the mental hospitals were closed.

[Pivo]

U.S. attorneys say the Free Land Holder Committee has failed to respond to its lawsuit in a proper and timely way, and on April 1 filed a motion requesting that the U.S.> District Court in Denver enter a default judgment in the case.
https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/ ... ar-mancos/